Venkat Bothsa, born in 1961, Andhra Pradesh. He has completed his art education in Painting from Andhra University and post-graduation in Sculpture from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
He had solo exhibitions since 1995 in various cities of India. He has his solo exhibition *Enigma* in Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 2007 and another solo show at Gallery Sumukha, Chennai, 2008. He has been part of several group shows at Gallery Sumukha such as *Take Two: The Chennai Chapter*, Chennai, 2006; Terracotta Workshop, 2008; *An Indian Contemporary Art*, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2009; *Bronze*, Bangalore, 2009; *An exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures*, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2015; *Silence Conversation*, Bangalore, 2015.
He has participated in many group exhibitions, art camps and workshops in India and abroad. He has been associated with designing and putting together a tribal art and life museum called Museum of Habitat in the Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh and a Tribal art and music museum known as Chenchu museum at Srisailam for Integrated Tribal Development Authority, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Bothsa has created a number of sculptures for both public and private commissions and also his works have been in many private collections.
He lives and works in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.